Collection Items
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MapBirds-eye view from summit of Mt. Washington, White Mountains, New-Hampshire Coloration differs from other ed.--purple predominates. Indexed for points of interest. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
- Contributor: Geo. H. Walker & Co
- Date: 1908-01-01
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MapBirds-eye view from summit of Mt. Washington, White Mountains, New-Hampshire Coloration differs from other ed.--blue predominates. Indexed for points of interest. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
- Contributor: Geo. H. Walker & Co
- Date: 1908-01-01
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MapDelaware, District of Columbia, and Maryland "Sources: Base map from U.S. Geological Survey, Delaware and Maryland, 1973. County, county subdivision, and place boundaries certified by local officials, January 1, 1980." Includes indexes and inset. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. DCP
- Contributor: United States. Bureau of the Census. Data Preparation Division - United States. Bureau of the Census. Geography Division
- Date: 1980-01-01
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MapMap of the Potomac & Anacostia rivers between Washington D.C. & Alexandria Va. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. "Copied from the tracining [sic] of original and sent to Com'd'r J.A. Dahlgren U.S.N., M.S. Smith, Cap't of Top'l Eng'rs Asst. C.S. in charge of Office, Coast Survey Office, Washington, February 17th 1857." Blue-line print of ms. map. Includes note. "P.W. 1832. Antique." LC copy accompanied by typewritten text of note by "RS 5/9/77." Available also...
- Contributor: Whiting, William B. - Smith, M. S. - Upshur, A. P. (Abel Parker) - United States Coast Survey - Young, William S.
- Date: 1842-01-01
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Map[Cadastral survey map of original land grants and resurveys along the Potomac River from Georgetown (D.C.) to Great Falls (Md.)]. Shows tracts dated approx. 1675 to 1808. Also shows landowners' names and Chesapeake and Ohio Canal condemnations. Title devised by cataloger. Photostat copy of ms. map. Includes survey notes. At lower right: Drawer 119 number 34. LC copy accompanied by negative photocopy on 8 sheets, mounted on cloth backing, and annotated in pencil in lower margin: From manuscript map of properties along the Potomac...
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MapPotomac River, Mattawoman Creek to Georgetown : United States--East Coast, Maryland--Virginia--District of Columbia. Nautical chart. Relief shown by contours. Depths shown by contours, gradient tints, and soundings. Note rubber-stamped in lower margin. Includes notes, inset of "Washington harbor," and coat-of-arms. Publisher's no.: 560. LC copy fold-lined and annotated in ink on verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. DCP
- Contributor: U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
- Date: 1968-01-01
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MapDelaware and Maryland. General content state map hand colored to distinguish counties. Hundred (township) names printed in Delaware portion. Relief shown by hachures. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1855 by J. H. Colton & Co. in [...] the Southern District of New York." Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington D.C. This map is an atlas page appearing in: Colton's atlas of the world, volume...
- Contributor: J.H. Colton & Co
- Date: 1855-01-01
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MapDelaware and Maryland. General-content state map hand colored to distinguish counties. Hundred (township) names printed in Delaware portion. Relief shown by hachures. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1855 by J. H. Colton & Co. in [...] the Southern District of New York." Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington D.C. This map is an atlas page appearing in: Colton's general atlas. New York : 1857....
- Contributor: J.H. Colton & Co
- Date: 1857-01-01
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MapDelaware and Maryland General-content state map hand colored to distinguish counties. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington D.C. This map is a page removed from Morse & Gaston's atlas: The diamond atlas with descriptions of all countries. Volume 1, the Western Hemisphere. New York : 1857. LC copy imperfect: Torn along lower sheet edge, typewritten source note attached to verso at right-hand sheet edge,...
- Contributor: Morse & Gaston
- Date: 1857
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MapPlan of the city intended for the permanent seat of the government of t[he] United States : projected agreeable to the direction of the President of the United States, in pursuance of ... At upper right: Office, Commissioner of Public Buildings, D.C. Reduced-scale facsim. of earlier 1887 U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey facsim. of the ms. L'Enfant plan. Original version: [1791]. Includes texts containing letters dated "Washington ... 1887," notes, descriptive index of "References," and U.S.C. & G.S. insigne. Lacks text below "N.I." At lower right: N.I. In right upper margin: No. 3035a price 50 cents. Available...
- Contributor: U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey - L'enfant, Pierre Charles - United States. Commissioner of Public Buildings
- Date: 1791-01-01
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MapPlan of the city of Washington in the territory of Columbia : ceded by the states of Virginia and Maryland to the United States of America, and by them established as the ... "In order to execute this plan, Mr. Ellicott drew ..., and made the bases on which the whole plan was executed." On accompanying text sheet: This cloth map features Pierre Charles L'Enfant's plan of ... Washington, D.C., as it was engraved by Samuel Hill in Boston in ... 1792. The present scarf has been reproduced from a small souvenir map printed on cotton cloth...
- Contributor: Library of Congress - Ellicott, Andrew - Hill, Samuel - Stephenson, Richard W.
- Date: 1990-01-01
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MapMap of Washington City, District of Columbia, seat of the federal government : respectfully dedicated to the Senate and the House of Representatives of the United States of North America Wall map of original city area (within Florida Avenue) showing lot lines, individual buildings, block numbers, municipal wards (numbered), marshes, and woods. Shows "Judicary [thus] Square". Name of "W. Twenty Seventh St." correctly shown. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by contours and soundings. Transfer; NOAA; August 2000. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1857, by A. Boschke, in the C[section...
- Contributor: Boschke, A. - Bien, Julius
- Date: 1857-01-01
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MapMap of the District of Columbia. Shows all streets in county area. Shows main streets and numbered wards within city limits. India ink and purple wash on tracing linen. Probably drawn by Dr. Joseph M. Toner. Oriented with north toward the upper left. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. DCP Vault
- Date: 1880-01-01
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MapMap of the city of Washington : for use of the Engineer Department, District of Columbia. Pen-and-ink and pencil. Printed directories of street name changes affixed to recto. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault DCP
- Contributor: District of Columbia. Engineer Department
- Date: 1904-01-01
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Map[Photographic negative transparency of U.S. Geological Survey topographic map of the District of Columbia and adjacent suburban areas] Date of situation of the original map is approximate. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. Title devised by cataloger. Publication data taken from donor's adhesive label at lower right. Gift; Gary W. North; May 2009. Vinyl transparent negative photocopy. LC copy imperfect: Adhesive label with donor information affixed at lower right; torn adhesive paper affixed at top. Available also through the Library of...
- Contributor: Geological Survey (U.S.) - North Arrow Ltd - North, Gary W.
- Date: 1915-01-01
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MapLibraries, Washington D.C. Ms. (india ink and typescript) on photocopy base map. Shows no. of vols. per library. Assemblage of several sheets mounted together on cloth backing. Internal portions excised from base map. Indexed. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault DCP
- Contributor: Library of Congress. Map Division
- Date: 1926-01-01
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Map[Map of the Potomac River estuary from the Three Sisters to Giesboro Point D.C.]. Shows proposed new riverbanks. Also covers adjacent areas of city of Washington. Relief shown by contours in some areas. Depths shown by bottom profile lines. Black and red ink, blue watercolor, and lead pencil. Oriented with north toward the upper left. Originally drawn on 5 sheets, assembled, sectioned, missing peripheral and internal sections, and mounted on cloth backing. Available also through the Library of...
- Contributor: Rives, Alfred Landon
- Date: 1857-01-01
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Map[Cadastral map of Capitol Hill, Washington D.C.]. Shows lots in different colors, block numbers, and some lot numbers. Covers area bounded by: M St. north, 4th St. east, E St. south, and 3rd and 1st streets west. Annotated in pencil on verso on cloth backing: From the files of the Society of Oldest Inhabitants. Deposited by Henry C. Gauss in 1920's (?). One of 12 maps. Annotated in pencil on recto:...
- Contributor: Gauss, Henry C. - Association of the Oldest Inhabitants of the District of Columbia
- Date: 1794-01-01
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MapPreliminary plan for the National Botanical Garden and Arboretum, Washington, D.C. : as recommended by the National Commission of Fine Arts Also covers part of Anacostia Park. "January 1921." Includes text. LC copy 1 mounted on cloth backing. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. 2 copies DCP
- Contributor: Marsh, Earl G. - Langdon, James G. - United States. Commission of Fine Arts
- Date: 1921-01-01
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MapUnited States Botanic Garden, National Garden.
National Garden at the U.S. Botanic Garden Shows individual plantings and pathways. Includes schedule of "Family Festival, Saturday, September 30, 2006". Text and garden phone directory on verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. DCP- Contributor: United States Botanic Garden
- Date: 2006-01-01
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MapMap of National Zoological Park, D.C. Relief shown by contours and hachures. "Rock Creek & park boundaries by Howell and Greenough. Topography by U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey. Survey ... under direction of U.S. Geological Survey." Includes notes. LC copy mounted on cloth backing. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. DCP
- Contributor: U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey - Howell & Greenough - Geological Survey (U.S.)
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MapRock Creek Park, Washington, D.C. "*GPO: 1985--461-444/20094. Reprint 1985." Also covers Upper Northwest Washington D.C. Panel title. Title at top: Rock Creek Park. Includes directory of trails. Text, phone directory, and col. ill. on verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. DCP
- Contributor: United States. National Park Service
- Date: 1985-01-01
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MapProfile of Washington & Fayette streets, Georgetown, D.C. Washington Street profile covers 30th Street between Q and R streets N.W. Fayette Street profile covers 35th Street between Volta Place and Wisconsin Avenue N.W. Alternate title: Profile of Washington & Fayette streets. Oriented with north to the left. Black, brown, blue inks, and lead pencil. Soiled and cracked at edges. Includes notes, statistical tables, computations, and outline maps of both streets. Available also...
- Contributor: Carbery, Lewis - Taggart, Hugh T. (Hugh Thomas)
- Date: 1856-01-01
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MapSurvey of the rocks in the Potomac River above Georgetown known as the "Three Sisters" : showing the surveys of Wm. Deakins and John Threlkeld, pattented to J. Hoy & Wm. D. ... Cadastral map. "Jan. 18th 1893." Black, brown, and red inks. Brittle, torn, and missing sections along edges. Includes note. On verso in ink: 3 Sisters. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Phillips. Washington 777 Vault DCP
- Contributor: Brewer, H. W. (Henry W.)
- Date: 1893-01-01
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MapCopy from actual survey of the 3 Sisters : [Potomac River, Washington D.C.] Cadastral map. Pen-and-ink. Watermark: Crown Imperial linen (with coat-of-arms). Soiled and missing small sections along edges. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Phillips. Washington 777 Vault DCP
- Contributor: Brewer, H. W. (Henry W.)
- Date: 1893-01-01